Multisite Search
https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-fly-flag-high-international-honours-society-summit
NWU to fly flag high at international honours society summit
May 15, 2018 - The Mahikeng chapter of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Golden Key International Honours Society is gearing up to attend the Golden Key New Jersey City 2018 Leadership Summit. The summit will take place from 29 June until 1 July 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States of America. The NWU Golden Key team will be represented…https://news.nwu.ac.za/standing-ovation-academic-achievers-commerce-and-it
Standing ovation for academic achievers in commerce and IT
May 15, 2018 - Ask any university graduate and they will tell you that their graduation day remains to be one of the most memorable days in their lives. For several high-performing students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, the memory of the recent graduation ceremony evokes an extra special feeling of accomplishment.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/marilie-applauded-top-social-work-student
Marilie applauded as top social work student
May 15, 2018 - A bright future awaits Marilie Viljoen. This is evident when one considers her academic achievements as a social work (BSW) student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. During the recent Autumn Graduation Ceremony, Marilie graduated top of her class and received the prestigious Top Achiever Award. She received the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sunny-academic-skies-roelof-burger
Sunny academic skies for Roelof Burger
May 15, 2018 - Dr Roelof Burger from the School of Geo and Spatial Sciences at Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences of the North-West University (NWU) has been awarded the Weather Modification Field Meteorologist Distinguished Service Award by the Weather Modification Association. The award was given to Dr Burger in the United States of America in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/top-performing-educators
A+ for top performing educators
May 15, 2018 - What is the value of an effective and compassionate educator? The answer is simple: such educators are priceless, especially within the South African schooling system. During the recent Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, four graduates in the field of Educational Sciences were applauded…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-participates-african-world-heritage-day-commemoration
NWU participates in African World Heritage Day commemoration
May 16, 2018 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) recently took part in the two-day African World Heritage Day celebrations, hosted by the provincial Department of Rural, Environment, and Agricultural Development at the Taung Skull Fossil Site. The theme of the celebrations was “Celebrating our African Heritage”. The…https://news.nwu.ac.za/tehilla-takes-healing-music-world
Tehilla takes healing music to the world
May 16, 2018 - North-West University (NWU) alumnus, Lebogang Jackson Ntsoti, is taking the world by storm with his music. The singer-song writer and master of ceremonies was born in Khuma in Klerksdorp in the North West Province, but spent most of his childhood in Matatiela in the Eastern Cape – a place he refers to as his home away from home. Lebogang…https://news.nwu.ac.za/investor-behaviour-focus-noteworthy-doctoral-degree
Investor behaviour the focus of noteworthy doctoral degree
May 16, 2018 - During the recent Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, the degree Philosophiae Doctor in economic and management sciences was awarded to Zandri Dickason. In her thesis “Modelling investor behaviour in the South African context”, Zandri developed a model to analyse investor behaviour more…https://news.nwu.ac.za/student-leadership-inauguration-2018-%25E2%2580%2593-start-new-chapter-nwu
Student leadership inauguration 2018 – the start of a new chapter for NWU
Sep 10, 2018 - The North-West University (NWU) recently inaugurated more than 110 newly elected student leaders at its campus in Vanderbijlpark. These leaders represent both the House Committee structures as well as the Campus Student Council (SCC). During the event, which was witnessed by parents, students and community leaders, the Independent Electoral…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-stel-vernuwende-literatuurprojek-vir-visueelgestremde-persone-bekend
NWU stel vernuwende literatuurprojek vir visueelgestremde persone bekend
Sep 11, 2018 - Die vakgroep Skryfkuns van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het saam met die Pionierskool vir Siggestremdes in Worcester ʼn Byderhandprojek aangepak. Dié projek is op 30 Augustus 2018 luisterryk bekendgestel met die opening van die multisensoriese tuin by die Pionierskool. Byderhand, ʼn interdissiplinêre kreatiewe en navorsingprojek, bied…https://news.nwu.ac.za/multimodal-learning-and-multilingualism-his-passion
Multimodal learning and multilingualism is his passion
Sep 11, 2018 - Prof Jako Olivier’s passion and research focus are multimodal learning and multilingualism, and this was also the topic of his recent inaugural address. Prof Olivier is currently a professor in multimodal learning in the School of Professional Studies in Education at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Education. He obtained his…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-astronomers-play-role-bid-host-first-general-assembly-iau-africa
NWU astronomers play a role in bid to host first General Assembly of IAU in Africa
Sep 12, 2018 - The 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) will be hosted on African soil for the first time in 2024 with the help from two astronomers of the North-West University (NWU). Prof Christo Venter and Prof Markus Boettcher of the Centre for Space Research were both involved in the process to compile the bid for the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/oxford-expert-lecture-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-optentia
Oxford expert to lecture at NWU’s Optentia
Sep 12, 2018 - On 18 September 2018, Dr George Leeson, director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, will act as guest lecturer at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area in Vanderbijlpark. The topic of the lecture will be: “A gentle introduction to population development for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/finnish-academic-review-school-wide-positive-behaviour-support-and-interventions
Finnish academic to review school-wide positive behaviour support and interventions
Sep 12, 2018 - The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area in Vanderbijlpark will be hosting Prof Hannu Savolainen from the Department of Education at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. During his visit, he will deliver a lecture on School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support and Interventions (SWPBIS) on 12 September 2018. ProSchool (…https://news.nwu.ac.za/international-expert-r-present-and-future-statistical-programming
International expert: R is the present and future of statistical programming
Sep 12, 2018 - “The programming language R is the present and future of statistical programming.” Dr Emir Efendić, postdoctoral researcher from Eindhoven University in the Netherlands, will attempt to convince his audience of this statement during a workshop hosted by the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research focus area in Vanderbijlpark on 19…https://news.nwu.ac.za/stanford-invites-bright-phd-student-master%25E2%2580%2599s-class
Stanford invites bright PhD student for master’s class
Sep 12, 2018 - A PhD student of the North-West University (NWU) and a master’s degree alumnus of the Centre for Business Mathematics and Information (BMI), has been accepted into the PhD Master’s Class on money management at Stanford University in America. Simon du Plooy will attend a three-day workshop that will start on 12 November. Simon’s PhD is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/hel%25C3%25A9ne-combrinck
Heléne Combrinck
Jan 21, 2021 - Heléne Combrinck is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, North-West University, South Africa. She previously worked as a senior researcher at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, which was preceded by a number of years as the project coordinator of the Gender Project at the (then) Community…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/anri-botes
Anri Botes
Jan 21, 2021 - I have an LLM and LLD in Labour law and have published multiple articles on various key topics in the labour law field. I have also made contributions in labour law at many national and international conferences since employment. Apart from research activities I have lectured labour law to undergraduate and post graduate students for the past…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/germari%25C3%25A9-viljoen
Germarié Viljoen
May 03, 2021 - Germarié Viljoen (LLB, LLM (cum laude), LLD) is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, North-West University. During the period 2009-2012, she was appointed as temporary lecturer at the Faculty of Law, where after she consulted as legal specialist at Shangoni Management Services (Pretoria, Lynnwood) until 2014. In 2014, Germarié was permanently…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/avitus-agbor